The Citizen's Police Academy is a ten week crime prevention and informational program that provides an overview of how police departments accomplish the task of policing the community. This is a program I highly recommend. It was informative, educational, entertaining, sometimes surprising and always interesting. Take the course and get a better understanding of how our judicial system works, how police departments function, and how difficult and challenging a job it is to be a police officer.

FOCUS - The Future of Your Company Depends On It.
By Al Ries
Published by Harper Business, 1996
Learn how your corporation can increase its competitiveness by narrowing its focus.

Tim's Recommended
Sites to See:

Downtown INDY
Only a three hour drive from
Joliet, Downtown Indianapolis
is a great weekend getaway.
The city is a cleaner, smaller
version of Chicago, with beautiful
historic architecture, a bustling
nightlife, cultural events, and
great shopping. If you've never
been there, it's worth the trip.

The Reddick Mansion
100 West Lafayette St.
Ottawa, Illinois
815.434.2737
A 30-minute drive from Joliet will
bring you to this stunning, ornate
Italianate residence built in 1855.
This sumptuously appointed
nineteenth-century home is a must
see! Take the tour, then check out
a very cool downtown Ottawa with
hip gift shops, restaurants and
coffee shops, not to mention
some other great architecture.

Hegeler Carus Mansion
1307 Seventh Street
La Salle, Illinois
815.224.6543
Only 45-minutes from Joliet, this
50 room, 16,000 square foot stately
mansion is an architectural
masterpiece. Designed by W.W.
Boyington, and built in 1874, this
Second Empire style home is a great
example of high artistic achievement
in architecture and interior design.
La Salle is only a 15 minute drive
from Ottawa, so combine these
two trips. While you're at it, visit
nearby Starved Rock State Park.

BEKI HEMINGWAY
Too Much Plenty
Chicago singer/songwriter Beki Hemingway performed at the CityofJoliet.com Social Circle on April 27, 2002. Her song Make a Wish is one of my favorites. Check out her web site at www.bekihemingway.com.

Joliet native Tim Scott Kump is the owner, editor, and publisher of CityofJoliet.com. Tim is also the Creative Director and Principal of the award-winning strategic creative communications firm Bullet Communications, Inc.

Tim has recently launched a line of sportswear called House of Bullet Couture Sportswear™. The line features t-shirts, halter tops, shorts, hoodies, accessories and more. To see the complete line, click here.

After 9/11, Tim created the poster America First -- Then Joliet and gave away 1,000 posters within two days! Tim's newest image building design for Joliet is below.
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He is an avid reader, decent tennis player, very decent table tennis player, and frustrated drummer. Tim has served on the Alumni board of Joliet Junior College.

Luck is Planning Meets Opportunity

There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way. - Christopher Morley